Sharp County record., 1887-08-11


tsra++bere be Light" the whole audience
,,osa and cbeered. and Haydn waved MS
t,,,i +ozrerd Heaven and said: 1T came
fror7 -here.U Overwhelmed with MS own
-,,,,s;c n was carried our n his chair ana
&C he. came to the door he spread his mana
toyrorri the orchestra as in benediction--
Io,-dn was right when he waved MS
bsnd toward Heaven and said: III comes
froro +bere.U Music was born in heaven,
,,,d. II will ever have its highest thTolie N
Heaven: and Z want you TO undefS'ililu
that orr CieDarred friends VINO were pas
sionateiv fond OF music here are now ~ 1nS
1,aadnrarrers Of harmony. think that the
1.rond old church tunes that died Wheh
vour grandfathers died have gone VIII
them 10 Heaven.
Aoain. r remark that those OF our dc,
,,,rrad Christian friends who nthis world
had verv strong military spirit are
rovv in armies celestial and ont on
bioodIess battles. There are MN
dreds Of people born soldiers. IheY
can NOT heiD il. They belong to regiments
in time. Of peace. They can not near a
drr7rn or fife without trying 70 keep step 70
the rnusic. They are Christians ana when
thew tight thew fight on theTIght SIDE. 10"
when these. our Christian friends VINO nad
natural ana powerful military spirit en-
tered Heaven thew entered the CELESTIAL
army.
The door of Heaven hardly opens mt
Won hear a military demonstration. DaVln
orIad oUt, s.TLe ctIariOts of God are twenty
thousand. ,, Elisha saw themOuntainst Tiled
with celestial cavalry. st. John sald:
ssThe armies which are in Heaven followed
him on white hOrses.' Now, when those
VINO had the military spirit on Garth sane
titled entered glory, L Lsuppose they rIghI
AWAY enlisted in some heavenly campalgn'
the volunteered right away. There must
needs he in Heaven soldiers with soldier
lv gpirit. There are Grand parade DAYS
when the King reviews the troops. There
must be armed escort sent ont 70 bring ND
frou earth 70 Heaven those VINO were
rnure= rtlau conuuerors. There must he
crusades ever being Tilted ont for some
mart OF Gods dominiOns-hatttes, blood
less. groaniess. painless. Angels OF eVll
70 be fought down ana fougnt back. Other
rebeilious worlds TO he conquered. Worlds
TO be nut 70 the torch. Worlds 70 ne
saved. Worlds TO be demolished. Worlds
TO be sunk. Worlds 70 be hOlsted.
Bur what are our mathematical friends
70 do IN the next worfdg They tound their
iov ana their delight N mathematics
There was. more poetry for them n Euclid
than IN John Milton. rhev vere as pas
gionatelv fond Of mathematics rs Plato,
VINO wrote. over MS door: ''Lst no one
enter here VINO is not acquainted With
yeeustrv.D What are they doing now
They are busv with figures vet. No place
in all the universe like Heaven for figures.
Numbers infinite. distances infinite. calcu--
lations infinite. The tidactiC Dr. Dick
said ne really thOught that the redeemed
IN Heaven spent some of their time with
the higher branches OF mathematics.
Some Of our transferred ana Transported
rnetaphvsicians. What are they doing
nowg Studying the human mind. 1niy
,1nder better circumstances than they
used to STUDY {. They Used TO study the
mind sheathed II the duil human
body. Now the splrTt Is Insneath-
ed--aow they arc studying ths sword ont
side the scabbard. Have Won any douht
about what Sir William Hamilton s doing
in Heaven. OF TvhRt Jonathan Edwards IS
doing IN Heaven. IT the nuititudes On
earth VINO IRd a passion Tor metaphysics
sanctiffed bv the grace Uf God? No tiff
criitv n Guessing. Metaphysics. glorious
metaphysics. everlasting rnetapnvsics.
What are our departed Christian friends
VINO are explorers doing now Exploring
vet. mt with lightning locomUriOn. with
vision microscopic anu teiescopic at the
same time. A continent at a glance. 4
world ina. second. a planetary system n
a day. Christian Jonn franklin no more
IN disabled Erebus pushing toward the
North Pole. Christian De Long no
more irving 70 tres biOcknded Jeannette
from the tce. Christian Livingstone
no moro amid African maiarias irving
70 make revelation of dark continent:
bur all of them n the twinkiing Of IN eve
taking n that which was 1napproachaDie.
Mont Blanc scaled without aipenstock.
The coral depth 0f the ocean explored
without diving neil. The mountains un-
barred anu opened without Sir Humphrey
Davv's safetv amp.
What are or1r departed friends VINO found
their chief iOv N study doing now, STUDY
ing VET. INT instead Of 4 few thousand
volumes on few shelves. all the volumes
Of the universe omen before ethem--geoiOgic.
OrnithOiOgic. conchOiOgic, botanic, astrono-
mic. philOsophic. No more need Of Lsvden.
lars. or voitaic piles. or electric batteries,
standing rs they 10 face 10 face with the
facts OF the universe.
What ure the historians doing now
Studying history vet, but not the history
Of few centuries N 1ur planet only, nut
the history 0f the aterrities-whUis mil.
lenniums before XenOphon. or Herodotus.
or Moses. Or Adam vas born. History 1f
one world. history d all world.
What arc OIT departed astronomers do
ing: Studying astronomy yet, but not
through the dull ems Of earthly uDserva-
tory, Jut with ono stroke of wing going
right ont to Jupiter, anu Mars, and Mer-
curv, ana Saturn. anu Orion. anu the
Pleiades-9verraking anu passing 5wiftest
comet IN their fight. Herschel died a
Christian. Have Won any doubt
about what Hefschei is doing?
Isaac Newton tied Christian
Have you any doubt about what
Isaac Newton is doing? Joseph Henry
died a Christian. Have you any doubt
what Joseph Henry s doing? They were
in discussion. all these astronomers Of
earth, about what the aurora bOreaiis was,
and none Of them couid guess. They know
now; they have been ont there TO SEQ for